Kennedy Heights, a locality consisting mostly of people from minority groups, was knowingly constructed on contaminated land. Which of the following aspects of discrimination is highlighted in the given scenario?
a. institutional discrimination
b. environmental justice
c. reverse discrimination
d. redlining
b
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Which of the following groups has the LOWEST rate of insurance coverage?
a. Asian Americans b. White immigrants c. Hispanic immigrants d. African Americans
In the country of Arcadia, people belonging to minority groups are stigmatized as inferior. They usually have physically demanding jobs and are paid extremely low wages The majority groups use this stigmatization to justify the treatment meted out to these minority groups. This scenario exemplifies the principles of the ________ theory.
a. exploitation b. normative c. scapegoating d. authoritarian personality
In the 1920s, _____ argued that the city was a center of distant, cold interpersonal interaction, and as a result, urban dwellers experienced alienation, loneliness, and powerlessness
a. Louis Wirth b. Ernest Burgess c. George H. Mead d. Homer Hoyt
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The functions of some social processes may not take a structural form. 2. Although structural functionalism takes various forms, societal functionalism is the dominant approach among sociological structural functionalists. 3. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, societies need structural inequality because it is functional. 4. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, societies must overcome structural inequality to become fully functional. 5. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore focused on how individuals come to occupy certain positions.